Austin Records LLM 33 6420 (33 RPM)

Title:Don Yarborough for Texas Governor

Artist: Don Yarborough

Recorded: mid-60s

Company: Austin Custom Records
Number: 6420
10" disc

Notes: Radio spots for the Don Yarborough for Texas Governor campaign

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Columbia A152 (5403 & 624)

Title:Santiago Waltz (624), La Paloma (5403)

Artist: Columbia Orchestra (624), Tocado Por La Orquestra Mexicana de Curti (5403)

Recorded: Unknown

Company: Columbia Grafonola label
Number: A152
10" disc

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Columbia 37930 (HCO 2606 & HCO 2648)

Title:I'll Hate Myself in the Morning (HCO 2468), Peggy O'Neil (HCO 2606)

Artist: Frankie Carle and Orchestra
Recorded: ~1949

Company: Columbia microphone label
Number: 37930
10" disc

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Songs of Bethany College

Title:Bethany, My Bethany (A), On the Corridor (B)

Artist: Mellomen Quartette
Recorded: Unknown

Company: RCA-Victor Division
Number: None
10" disc

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Kenart K. A. 160-1 & 298-2

Title:It Matters Not What Be Thy Lot (A), Saw Ye My Saviour (B)

Artist: Kenny Baker
Recorded: Unknown
Company: Kenart Records: Hymns of Praise
Number: 160 & 298
10" disc

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Gospel 218 A & B

Title:Swing Down Chariot (A), Where Could I Go (B)Artist: Tulsa Trumpeteers
Recorded: Unknown
Company: Gospel Record Company
Number: 218
10" disc

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Melotone M 13128 A & B

Title: We'll Make Hay While the Sun Shines (A), Blue Prelude (B)
Artist: Bing Crosby 
Recorded: 1930's (unconfirmed)
Company: Melotone
Number: M 13128
10" disc

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Victor 19016-A & B

Title: Fate (A), Lady of the Evening (B)
Artist: Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
Recorded: 11/3/1904 (unconfirmed)
Company: Victor
Number: 19016
10" disc

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Victor Record 4207

Title: Mamma's Boy (Helf)
Artist: Byron G. Harlan
Recorded: 11/3/1904 (unconfirmed)
Company: Victor Record
Number: 4207
10" disc

Background courtesy Victor Encyclopedic Discography, UCSB Libraries

http://victor.library.ucsb.edu/matrixDetail.php?id=200003258

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Victor Record 4364

Title: I Want Someone to Call Me Honey
Artist: Bob Roberts
Recorded: 12/11/1913
Company: Victor Record
Number: 4364
10" disc

Background courtesy Victor Encyclopedic Discography, UCSB Libraries

http://victor.library.ucsb.edu/matrixDetail.php?id=200003825

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Victor 17143

Title-A: The Sweetest Story Ever Told

Title-B: Simple Confession (Simple Aveu)
Artist: Neapolitan Trio
Recorded: 12/11/1913 
Company: Victor Record
Number: 17143-A, 17143-B
10" disc

Background courtesy Victor Encyclopedic Discography, UCSB Libraries
http://victor.library.ucsb.edu/objectDetail.php?id=41052

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Victrola 64420

Title: Tosca-Recondita armonia
Artist: Giovanni Martinelli
Recorded: 1/8/1914
Company: Victrola
Number: 64420
10" disc

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Background courtesy Victor Encyclopedic Discography, UCSB Libraries
http://victor.library.ucsb.edu/objectDetail.php?id=41052

78 record collection

Technology has changed the process for recording and listening to music in so many ways. It's easy to forget just how much things have changed since analog recordings began well over 100 years ago. One of the most popular methods of recording music and voice was the 78 rpm record. Many of these recordings were created on fragile shellac-based materials and played on hand-cranked Victrolas using sharpened pieces of wood to transfer the recording to the speaker.

I recently stumbled across a bulk sale of recordings from a local community college. The collection is a hodge-podge of recordings: from single-sided Victrola recordings to Columbia, OKeh, Windsor, and many more. I have yet to complete even a simple inventory as the collection holds well over 1,000 recordings.

I'll post a label image and a brief sound clip from each recording. Feel free to contact me if interested in learning more about any of these records.